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ANNOUNCEMENT MADE TODAY OVER ON
CAMPUS.
GEORGE:
THE UNIVERSITY OF
CINCINNATI PUT HIS NAME UP IN
LIGHTS ON THE RIBBON BOARD HERE
AT NIPPERT STADIUM, WELCOMING
NEW HEAD FOOLL COACH LUKE
FICKELL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
CINCINNATI.
FICKELL COMES FROM OHIO STATE.
BASICALLY, HIS PROFESSIONAL
LIFE, HE IS A LIFELONG BUCKEYE.
BUT,
FICKELL
WILL NOW COME TO
PTHE ADVERSITY OF CINCINNATI.
HE WAS INTRODUCED AT A NEWS
CONFERENCE HERE AT THE LENDER
CENTER THIS AFTERNOON.
BEFORE FICKE
-- HE STILL HAS
SOME BUSINESS IN COLUMBUS.
THE BUCKEYES ARE IN THE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS AND HE PLANS
TO SEE HIS DUTIES THROUGH WITH
THAT OHIO STATE TEAM.
>> I WAS NEVER GOING TO START
SOMETHING I COULD NOT FINISH.
I KNOW THOSE GUYS WILL RESPECT
THAT IN THE LONG RUN AND
WHATEVER SITUATION, I WILL
ALWAYS HAVE THEIR BACK.
THEY WILL KNOW THE WHENEVER I
START, I'M GOING TO FINISH.
GEORGE: BEFORE COMING DOWN TO
CINCINNATI, FICKELL WAS ABLE TO
INFORM HIS PLAYERS ABOUT THE
SITUATION.
HE MET WITH THE BEARCAT PLAYERS
ON CAMPUS.6 C13
FROM NIPPERT STADIUM, GEORGE
VOGEL, WLWT NEWS 5 SPORTS.
COURTIS: NEWS OF UCS COACHING
STAFF CHANGES TRENDING ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
IT'S ALSO A BIG TALKER AMONGST
THE STUDENTS AND PLAYERS.
WLWT NEWS 5'S AMANDA KELLEY IS
IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH WHAT IS
BEING SAID.
AMANDA?
AMANDA: UC'S YOU HEAD FOOTBALL
COACH ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN
CREATING QUITE THE BUZZ ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
AT ONE POINT, LUKE FICKELL WAS
TRENDING ON TWITTER.
OHIO STATE HEAD COACH, URBAN
MEYER TWEETED OUT A MESSAGE O6 C13
CONGRATULATIONS TO HIS COLLEAGUE
SAYING QUOTE,
OPPORTUNITIES ARISE BECAUSE OF
GREAT DEDICATION, GREAT ORT &
GREAT PLAYERS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LUKE FICKELL,
ONE OF THE BEST IN THE GAME.
COACH FICKELL TOOK SOME TIME TO
MEET WITH THE PLAYERS HERE AT UC
BEFORE THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
WE TALKED WITH A COUPLE OF
PLAYERS ABOUT THAT FIRST
MEETING.
THE FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THEIR
NEW LEADER FOR THE 2017 SEASON,
THEY SAID THEY LIKED HIS ENERGY
AND COMPETITIVENESS AND THEY ARE
TRYING NOT TO LET THIS
TRANSITION SEE ANY -- BE ANY
KIND OF DISTRACTION.
>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A
GOOD CHANGE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S BAD.
I WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF
COACHING CHANGES THROUGHOUT MY
CAREER SO, IT'S NEW, BUT IT'S
NOT NEW.
I UNDERSTAND IT COMES WITH THE
GAME.
>> WE GET CAUGHT UP IN IT, BUT
WE TRY NOT TO REALLY FOCUS ON IT
AND LET THE STAFF HANDLE THE
WHOLE SITUATION.
WE JUST FOLLOW UP ON WHAT'S
GOING ON.
AMANDA: AS GEORGE HAD MENTIONED,
FICKEL WILL FINISH OUT THE
SEASON WITH THE BUCKEYES BEFORE
FOCUSING FULLY ON THE UC
BEARCATS.